Wheelwright apparatus.



A. G. SLOCUM.

WHEELWRIGHT APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APEA, 1914.

1,1 08,803. Patented Ang125, 1914.

= Illlllll i A. @imw THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTCLLITHO, WASHINGTON. D C

PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR Gr. SLOCUM, 0 ENSIGN, KANSAS.

WHEELWRIGHT APPARATUS.

To all 207mmit may concern lie it known that I, Aia'rniin Gr. SLOGUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ensign, in the county of Gray and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in lVheelwright Apparatus. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in whcelwright apparatus and particularly to that type designed for the purpose of heating tires of wheels to effecttheir removal from or application to the vehicle wheel as well as to enable cutting and adjusting of said tires.

The primary object in view is to provide a. device of this character by means of which the heating operation maybe considerably facilitated and embodying a suitable supporting frame upon which the vehicle wheel may be disposed when the tire is to be operated upon... said frame having adjustable rests to receive the telly susceptible of being adjusted for varying sizes of wheels and heating instrumentalities for supplyingheat to the tire.

A further object lies in the provision of heating means for directing heat against the ill?- and so arranged as to be readily movable toward or from the tire when it is disposed upon the supporting frame and. adjustable restshereinbefore mentioned.

These and such other objects as may herei nafter appear are attained by the novel construction combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

Reference will now be had to the accompai'iying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan View of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken about on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 1, showing more clearly the arrangement of one of the adjustable rests on the frame. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a slightly modified arrangement of my invention in which the burner member is connected to the adjustable rest directly.

Specifically describing this invention and referring to the drawing, I provide a suitof any desired shape, preferably consisting 1 arranged circularly able supporting frame and construction, but of a plurality of legs Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 4, 1914.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914. Serial No. 829,459.

and connected by a band 2 secured to said legs at any desired point in their height by means of fastening members 3. Disposed centrally of the fran'ie is a hub supporting spider 4- ofring-like form and provided with a plurality of lugs or projections 5, as most clearly seen inFig. 2 of the drawing, on to which projections the inner extremities of plurality of radiating arms 6 are mounted. As illustrated these arms 6 are preferably of hollow tubing though it will be apparent. that they may consist of bars which are square in cross section and these arms are di posed upon the upper extremities of the l s 1 to which each is fastened by any suitable fas ening means. ri 'd supporting frame s thus provided and a wheel which to be operated upon disposed upon the frame after a manner shown in dotted lines in 2. in order to accommodate different of wheels as, well as to provide firm support for the wheel folly. each of the radiating arms G has slidably mounted therecn an adjustable rest 7 in the form of a plate; These rests as mostclearly shown in Fig. is formed with spaced guide flanges '4'" tnerebeneath so as to guide the plates in their slid movement on the 6 radially with pect to the support- 6 extend preferably rame. The ari beyond the legs 1 a suitable distance and the spacing of the flanges 7 of each of the plates '4' permits s 'l plates to pass the legs when adiusted inwardly and outwardly on the arms.

llhen the folly of the wheel is disposed upon the plates 7 with the tire of. the wheel projecting slightly beyond said plates the removal of said tire from the folly may easily be accomplished by hammering or manipulation in the usual manner. To facilitate this removal. or application of a tire to the wheel, I provide heating instrumentalities in the form of burners S which are carried on the upper extremities of a suitable number of arms 9 which arms consist of hollow tubing so as to constitute couduits for supplying fuel to the burners. Each of the arms or conduits 9 are connected to the radiating conduits 10 by a flexible or pivot joint 11 which permits movement of the arms 9 whereby to adjust the burners toward or from the periphery of the wheel when disposed upon the supporting frame. This joint frictionally holds the burner arms Q-at adjusted positions. rest upon the annular band or ring 2 and connect with a central distributer 12 which distributor is in turn connectedto a suitable source of fuel such as hydrocarbonthrough It will be obvious that the'use of a plurality of these burners the conduits 1 3 and 1d.

' all simultaneously supplied with a heating fuel facilitatethe heating otthe'tire to a very decided extent having in v ew the fact that the heatis supplied at a large number of points in itscircumference. When the tire has become heated and expanded by the heating instrumentalities its removal from the wheel becomes an easy matter torthe application of the tire to the wheel is also facilitated when desired by The apparatus becomes useful for a Variety ofoperations in the wheelwright art and within the purview of this invention.

It will be apparent th at any "suitable number of heating instruinentalities as-well as source of fuel supply, In this construction,

7 onits supporting movement of the rest bar will adjust the burner toward or from the object to be heated, thetflexible pipe"? The conduits I heating the tire alone after its disposition upon the fldJUStdescribed, the i prising supporting legs and horlzontally disa rest member slidably supporting, le

permitting ofsuch movement in an obvious manner. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnciv is:

' 1. In wheelwi'ight appar combination of a frame composed radiating arm's supported by said legs,

an} ad] ustable rest carried ireel movable therealon and heatmm1n- .l 2:: r:

I strumentalitie's associated with said rests and pivotally carriedby the frame to swlng independently of the rests. w i

e 2. In wheelwright apparatus of the class nected to said arms arranged radially, each leg 'havlng ,con-

nection; wlth an arm intermediate itslength by each arm and v tusof the class i described,- the'combination of a frame ,com-

pris ng; supporting legs, a brace member-conlegs, honzontally dlsposed liei"eby said arm extends beyond the leg,

arm and formed with spaced connecting elements for its arm whereby to permit movement of the rests therealong and past its burners associated with the rests, andsnpply conduits for saidfburners each 7 comprising av relatively stationary porthe leg brace and a.

tion supported Yupon movable portion extending therefrom carrying a burner for independent adjustment of said burner with respectto the rest.

In. testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

, ARTHU e. SLOCUM. .Witnesses: e i

JAY Dawson, 5 GEO. SLOCUM.

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